North Avenue Takeover Causes Some Concerns

July 26, 1993|By Annemarie Mannion.

Elmhurst: — City officials want to review taking over jurisdiction of the stretch of North Avenue that runs through the city.

The City Council unanimously agreed to review the implications of taking control of the state highway from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The portion of North Avenue that runs through Elmhurst extends from Illinois Highway 83 to Interstate Highway 290.

"We'd like to work jurisdiction out (with IDOT)," said Ald. Norman Reinertsen (1st). "We'd like to receive a finished project, however."

The city and state have been wrangling over the future of the street. The state has presented plans that would widen it, have pedestrian overpasses and add turn lanes.